INFORMS Publications Announcements

Mathematics of Operation Research (MOR) Now Using ScholarOne Manuscripts for Online Submissions
As of June 1, 2012, authors are required to submit their manuscripts electronically through Mathematics of Operation Research's ScholarOne Manuscripts. Instructions for accessing this site as well as creating an account and uploading manuscripts are available on the "Instructions to Authors" page on the MOR website.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Marketing Science - Special Issue
Access the 8 new articles in the May/June 2012 Marketing Science special issue on Emergence and Impact of User-Generated Content. Subscribe to INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $99 and access all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.

• "Introduction to the Special Issue on the Emergence and Impact of User-Generated Content"
• "Online Product Opinions: Incidence, Evaluation, and Evolution"
• "Sequential and Temporal Dynamics of Online Opinion"
• "Mine Your Own Business: Market-Structure Surveillance Through Text Mining"

INFORMS Transactions on Education - New Issue
Read the May 2012 issue of INFORMS Transactions on Education (ITE).

• "Recommendations for an Undergraduate Curriculum at the Interface of Operations Research and Computer Science"
• "Identifying Addressable Impediments to Student Learning in an Introductory Statistics Course"
• "Let's Put the Seasonality and Trend in Decomposition"

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Organization Science Editorial Review
Organization Science has evolved to become one of the premier international journals in management and organization theory. The President of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a strategic review to understand the state of the journal, to identify new issues, new challenges and new ideas, and to listen to the journal's customers. All INFORMS members are welcome to send their input to Jesper Sorensen, committee chair, at  sorensen@stanford.edu. More information can be found here.

Service Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Cloud Computing as a Service"
A special issue of Service Science will provide a global forum for presenting research results on various aspects of cloud computing as a service. Submission deadline is July 1, 2012, for more information access the Call for Papers.

Management Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Business Analytics"
To encourage further developments in this rapidly growing area of interdisciplinary research, Management Science will publish a special issue dedicated to business analytics. Submission deadline is September 16, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

Interfaces - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Operations Research in Freight Transportation and Logistics"
O.R. can play a critical role in designing, operating, and improving freight transportation and logistics systems. Accordingly, Interfaces is planning a special issue focusing on the application of O.R. techniques on freight transportation and logistics. Submission deadline is November 15, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

INFORMS Grassroots
Easily send a 2012 recommendation to your librarian using the INFORMS Grassroots web page. The updated Grassroots website now provides your librarian's contact information.